The Ethics and Professionalism module contains several parts. The first part explains what professional ethics is and how it is applied in the sphere of education. The following part presents the basic theory on which ethics develops in different directions, one of which is the professional ethics, in our case professional ethics in the field of education. After passing such an educational module all trainees will be able to participate in the creation of the Code of ethics at the workplace, will understand the specifics of working with groups of learners with different needs and culture, will be able to participate in the creation of internal rules, working rules, will get aware of the normative and regulatory framework which sets out the basic work principles and professionalism.

The working topics:

 

·         professional ethics

·         standards in teaching

·         understanding responsibilities

·         managing the instructional environment

·         advising and councelling

·         appropriate relationships with students

·         fair evaluation of student performance

·         giving information

·         privacy rights

The main objective of the training course Ethics and Professionalism is to present knowledge in the field of ethical standards, patterns of behavior and ethics of social activities; skills for ethical reasoning in choosing solutions to deal with moral problems in different professional contexts; communicative skills for working with groups with different ethnical, social and educational background, working in a multicultural environment.

The  specific objectives could be clasified as:

o          identify standards of professionalism and ethical behavior and apply these standards successfully to ethical dilemmas

o          take steps to identify responsibilities and those of the instructor of record

o          create an instructional environment that is conducive to student learning and safety

o          establish professionally appropriate relationships with students

o          take steps to ensure that student performance is evaluated fairly

o          protect the privacy rights of students regarding grades and other personal information

o          identify who has the right to know the information concerning students